Your Cocktail Deconstructed

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This is mostly out of curiousity but I'm wondering if people could put the name of the meds they're taking, the dose, and what they're prescribed the med for (for example, some meds help with anxiety, some help with sleep but also are antipsychotics, etc).

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I take 15 mg Abilify so I dont get paranoid or have anxiety. I take 20 mg prozac for any depression. I also take 1 mg Ativan at nIght before bed for insomnia issues. I take benadryl for sleeP as well on a Prn basis. Thats it for me. I tried concerta for add inattentive type and found it worked better than the other stims but unfortunately it caused too much anxiety even at sub theraputic doses.

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...and I might have stopped 200mg lamictal without my pdoc's advice (she has canceled 2 appointments and didn't call me back). It was for mood stabilization/depression, but made me feel like shit. Taking it did more damage than good; I was stably depressed, but feel fine now. I'll finally see pdoc tomorrow though.

Ativan (0.5-1mg PRN) - as needed for acute anxiety, raging irritability, you get the picture

Vistaril (25 or 50mg PRN) - pdoc would prefer I transition to this instead of the ativan but it doesn't do anything beneficial while I'm conscious, it just knocks me out cold for 10-15 hours. Not very useful except when the only goal is to force sleep.

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Cymbalta - 30mgs a day: originally started just to make my nasty migraines go away, but surprisingly may be the one drug that actually works on my depression/dysthymia.

Klonopin - supposedly 1mg a day as needed, anxiety, agoraphobia, and very occasional sleep aid

realistically I use 2mgs between 4-8 times a month but I keep them around like a security blanket nonetheless

am I missing anything? Huh. Weird. I guess I'm not counting the physiological meds. I miss my Abilify hardcore, though. That was prescribed for my anxiety and it was AMAAAAAAZING.

OH I FORGOT ABOUT THE ADDERALL-- wow, that's telling. Anyway,

10mgs of Adderall, prescribed 2x daily for the SYMPTOM of chronic fatigue (probably due to atypical depression)

In reality, I take 5mgs to keep going past my normal chronic fatigue of "have not slept 12+ hours in the last 24, am now exhausted" if necessary and the rest is not being used because I rarely leave the house so what the fuck do I need to concentrate on or have energy for.

[edited to add more information]

Edited December 21, 2012 by saveyoursanity

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Wellbutrin 150 mg- Depression because the Zoloft only helps my social anxiety disorder and not the depression. Also the Wellbutrin is prescribed for me for social anxiety disorder and ADHD, since both Concerta and Ritalin upped my anxiety like crazy.